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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 30, 2002
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GOLDEN WEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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Commission file number 1-4629
Incorporated Pursuant to the Laws of Delaware State
IRS Employer Identification No. 95-2080059
1901 Harrison Street, Oakland, California 94612
(510) 446-3420
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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
Golden West Financial Corporation is furnishing herewith the
Statements Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings as
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, which are included herein. Herbert M. Sandler, Chief
Executive Officer of Golden West Financial Corporation, and Russell W. Kettell,
Chief Financial Officer of Golden West Financial Corporation, signed these
statements on July 29, 2002. These statements were submitted for filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 30, 2002, pursuant to the
SEC's Order No. 4-460 (June 27, 2002).
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding
Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
Filings, executed by Herbert M. Sandler,
Chief Executive Officer
99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding
Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
Filings, executed by Russell W. Kettell,
Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
GOLDEN WEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Dated: July 31, 2002 /s/ Russell W. Kettell
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Russell W. Kettell
President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ William C. Nunan
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William C. Nunan
Chief Accounting Officer
Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings
I, Herbert M. Sandler, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Golden West Financial Corporation, and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o the Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of Golden West
Financial Corporation;
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Golden West Financial Corporation filed with the
Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above;
and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Herbert M. Sandler
Herbert M. Sandler
July 29, 2002
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of July 2002.
/s/ Betty Walker
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05
Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings
I, Russell W. Kettell, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Golden West Financial Corporation, and, except as corrected
or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o the Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
of Golden West Financial Corporation;
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Golden West Financial Corporation filed with the
Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above;
and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Russell W. Kettell
Russell W. Kettell
July 29, 2002
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of July 2002.
/s/ Betty Walker
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05